tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693176331381554957.post8597379515826083253..comments2024-03-23T10:16:21.093-07:00Comments on MattCha's Blog: So What Should We Call “Wild Puerh” and How Should We Classify it?Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02736984697520031171noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693176331381554957.post-22962122668935933322017-09-28T08:18:53.557-07:002017-09-28T08:18:53.557-07:00(Fourth) Anonymous,
Scott of Yunnan Sourcing and ...(Fourth) Anonymous,<br /><br />Scott of Yunnan Sourcing and James of TeaDB in the links above do a pretty good job of explaining the different processing to differentiate other types of purple tea from purple yesheng. You can't just take normal puerh and process it in a way that can fake the profile of true purple yesheng.<br /><br />When purple yesheng first started to hit the puerh market in the mid-2000s it was always processed exactly like sheng puerh. Now more and more people are processing it like hongcha with an oxidation phase (making black tea out of it).<br /><br />That is probably a reason that the name wild puerh has stuck- because it is processed exactly like puerh. So you could make an argument for the use of the name "wild Puerh" on these grounds.<br /><br />PeaceMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02736984697520031171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693176331381554957.post-23567015998134419202017-09-28T05:43:46.132-07:002017-09-28T05:43:46.132-07:00Is it possible that the differences are due to dif...Is it possible that the differences are due to different processing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693176331381554957.post-91947277839853539842017-09-27T21:43:47.198-07:002017-09-27T21:43:47.198-07:00(Third) Anonymous,
I think the hyperlink to the T...(Third) Anonymous,<br /><br />I think the hyperlink to the TeaDB articles in the post covers this topic as well. This, I think, adds to the confusion about "purple yesheng" or "wild yesheng" tea.<br /><br />It should be noted that there is a huge difference in appearance, odour, taste, mouth/throatfeel, and qi in the tea you mentioned and true "purple yesheng" but you would have to have some experience with "wild tea" before knowing all this of course.<br /><br />In the coming posts hopefully readers will get an idea of some of these qualities to help them differentiate it better themselves.<br /><br />PeaceMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02736984697520031171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693176331381554957.post-81917414170341072962017-09-27T20:55:32.196-07:002017-09-27T20:55:32.196-07:00http://thedailytea.com/taste/purple-tea-innovation...http://thedailytea.com/taste/purple-tea-innovation-hype/<br /><br />It is not impossible that these are all man-made products; results of R&D by Tea Research Institutes. Since these are tea marketers, the stories may be all fanciful. For example,<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/03/03/390442285/tea-tuesdays-kenyan-farmers-see-green-in-the-color-purple<br /><br />when Indian Pradip Baruah said that they found wild purple tea bushes in Assam, he probably meant that they are going to grow the Kenyan cultivar there. "It's time we took a leaf out of Kenya's tea book," Baruah told the Kolkata-based Telegraph.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693176331381554957.post-71792851446232899592017-09-25T10:55:48.395-07:002017-09-25T10:55:48.395-07:00(Second) Anonymous,
I think you are right about a...(Second) Anonymous,<br /><br />I think you are right about a lot of the confusion coming from the source not from these trustworthy vendors.<br /><br />I didn't want this post to come off like these dealers are trying to deceive because they are definitely not trying to do this. Personally, I consider them both the most trustworthy of all vendors and that is why I order my "Ye sheng" from them. However, I think the puerh drinking public needs a better understanding of "wild tea" and to know that it isn't really, exactly, puerh tea at all.<br /><br />PeaceMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02736984697520031171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693176331381554957.post-76247047871205986992017-09-25T10:46:12.572-07:002017-09-25T10:46:12.572-07:00(First) Anonymous,
If they aren't doing that ...(First) Anonymous,<br /><br />If they aren't doing that now, they will be soon. That's why what David from Essence of Tea is doing with these trees is the right thing. He is establishing relationships with families in Yunnan so that they actually stay "wild". He also oversees the production from beginning to end so, I have no doubt in my mind, that I am actually getting the most wild of "wild teas". If anyone out there is really serious about trying "wild tea" look no further.<br /><br />PeaceMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02736984697520031171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693176331381554957.post-58976414891527559862017-09-25T09:52:37.099-07:002017-09-25T09:52:37.099-07:00It should be pointed out that many confusions abou...It should be pointed out that many confusions about tea have originated from their sources in Asia. Tea vendors pick up bad habits & information from each other, perhaps especially from their suppliers. I would agree that YS is itself more trustworthy than most tea vendors, not just those in the West.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693176331381554957.post-29687507830232198962017-09-25T09:35:28.035-07:002017-09-25T09:35:28.035-07:00Don't want to add more confusion but am willin...Don't want to add more confusion but am willing to bet that these tea leaves are now grown in some managed tea farm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com